About the Directors

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

New York: Rabbinic Ordination, May 2003

Los Angeles: Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters

Stephen S. Wise Memorial Prize in Homiletics, 2001-2002


Columbia College, Columbia University

Bachelor of Arts, Art History

Syracuse University Study Abroad, Florence, Italy,


Synagogue 3000, New York, NY

Director of Congregational Engagement


Columbia University Hillel, New York, NY

Rabbi-in-Residence


Congregation Beth Israel, Scottsdale, AZ

Grace and Horace Goldsmith Rabbi


Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, New York, NY

Marshall T. Meyer Rabbinic Fellow


The Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY

Rabbinic Intern


Congregación B’nei Israel, San José, Costa Rica

Student Rabbi; Sponsored by the World Union for Progressive Judaism


Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco, CA

Rabbinic Intern

Frank Shirvinski, Ph.D. (ABD)

University of Georgia

Ph.D. (ABD) - Historical Linguistics


Emory University

Th.M. - Hebrew Bible and Intercultural Studies


Emmanuel School of Religion

M.Div. - Old Testament/Hebrew Bible


Purdue University   

B.S. - Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering


Chaparral Christian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona

Senior Minister


First Christian Church, Cumming, Georgia

Associate Minister, Discipleship and Education


Atlanta Christian College, East Point, Georgia

Adjunct Professor, Biblical Studies


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